Crassula (krassula) in the people called monetary tree, as well as all representatives of sort of succulent – unpretentious houseplant. For good growth it needs the easy sandy soil and rare waterings. If something is not pleasant to crassula, it at once reacts, leaves become wrinkled and the plant dumps them.
Reasons of dropping leaves
Often excessive efforts of owners on care for plant lead to the fact that it begins to dump leaves. Crassula — succulent, it needs rare, but rather abundant waterings. In the summer — once a week, after full drying-out of earth lump, in the winter watering should be reduced to once a month. At excessive watering the roots and trunk of plant begin to decay, often it is almost impossible to stop this process. The only exit — to cut off shanks and to grow up new plant.
The crassula can begin to dump leaves and at lack of moisture. They become wrinkled, and the plant daily gets rid of several leaflets. Exit from this is rather simple — water crassula and you prishchipnit branches. The plant will flush and will begin to cluster.
One more of the reasons — insufficient lighting. Crassula — plant photophilous, but it it is necessary to keep from direct sunshine as she can get burns and, as a result, dump foliage. Pick up it the solar place and try not to rearrange.
Also the crassula very badly transfers drafts and temperature drops. However during the winter period the temperature reduction for crassula is desirable to provide it dormant period. In the same time it is necessary to reduce also waterings of plant. Dropping foliage can be caused also by wreckers. If the surface of leaves has cracked and has appeared the peculiar network reminding spider line, then most often it is caused by crassula infection with mealy scale or pincers. To cure plant and to save it from parasites, process crassula leaves alcohol (wipe them with the cotton wool, the wetted in alcohol) or the special medicines intended for succulents. Procedures should be carried out several times at an interval of several days before total disappearance of wreckers.
For the period of treatment remove sick crassula far away from other plants, and at once throw out the dumped leaves.
How to grow up beautiful and healthy crassula
Pick up to plant small pot. Roots at crassula surface therefore big capacity is not necessary to it, differently the earth will sour therefore roots and trunk of plant can decay and you will lose it. You plant crassula in soft light and air-permeable soil. Use ready substrate for cacti and succulents and mix it with sheet humus in the ratio 2:1.
As the crassula very much does not love stagnation of water, provide good drainage. On bottom of pot fill layer of haydite, crushed stone or beaten brick.
Put plant to the solar place, but consider that on crassula direct sunshine should not get. Water with warm, soft water (boiled or otstoyanny), waterings have to be not frequent, only after full drying of earth lump. In the winter waterings should be reduced to one in month.